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UK Terror Bust Caught With Wiretapping

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-are-the-implications dept.

1cebird writes "In an AP story entitled Brothers Emerge As Focus of Plot Probe, British sources reveal that the UK -> US plane-bombing plot was uncovered by a UK wiretap. So it looks like they are getting results with their wiretapping program. Will this make governments and citizens more comfortable with the idea?"

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  1. False by monopole · · Score: 3, Informative

    Details here:
    http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/08/legal-s urveillance-not-illegal.html

  2. Re:Illegal spying: Britain and U.S. governments by kfg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thomas jefferson sent troops to defeat countries in the middle east.

    Tripoli is no more the Middle East than is Rome or Berlin. Arab does not equal Middle East. Arab includes much of North Africa, including areas rather west of Portugal, once included most of Iberia and much of west Africa (hence Swahili). Arab does not include Iran.

    KFG

  3. Read the article before approving, Hemos by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hemos, you got trolled so hard I bet your ass hurts. The article never mentions any Britsh wiretap of any kind.

  4. Misleading by Rob+Simpson · · Score: 3, Informative
    This was NOT caught with random wiretapping! Wiretapping happened after a tip was received:


    "The original information about the plan came from the Muslim community in Britain, according to a British intelligence official."

    "The tip was from a person who had been concerned about the activities of an acquaintance after the July 7, 2005, terror attacks in London, the official said."